Re: [NTLK] Why did the Newton fail?

From: Brian Pearce (bpearce_at_cloud9.net)
Date: Fri Nov 15 2002 - 20:42:48 EST


> I'm confused about why Newton Inc. was claimed by the press to be
> losing
> so much money that it was on unstable ground (regardless of the
> sensationalism normally thrown at anything Apple).

Look at it this way; some journalists continue to fall back on the myth
that Apple was had fallen into dire financial straits and was two steps
ahead of bankruptcy before Steve Jobs returned, and that Microsoft's
"investment" saved the company from doom. (Neither is true.)

BRIAN/bpearce_at_cloud9.net

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